Word: bulks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...should become an 'out'," continued the Democratic nominee, who is coming to speak in the Boston Arena tonight. "To enter politics does not necessarily mean the holding of high office, for I particularly emphasize the importance of local government. It is in the smaller units of government that the bulk of the taxes are spent. There also, is the best opportunity for greater efficiency...
...Varnum Lansing ("Wilkie") Collins, Princeton's Secretary. "Duff" was celebrated for an oration called "Scotch Granite," extolling Princeton's early President John Witherspoon. With generous gestures and booming voice, he delivered "Scotch Granite" whenever asked, passing it off many a time as extemporaneous. Because Edward Duffield's large bulk was mounted heavily upon large feet, he was sometimes called "Paddlefoot," 'and sometimes "How Firm a Foundation'' would be played when he entered prayer meeting...
...first place, the number of men affected by the change is not as large as it would appear on first thought. The Freshman library hours are unchanged. House libraries through experienced have filled the needs of a great bulk of the upper classes. In fact the additional pressure upon the House libraries that may occur should serve as a healthful stimulant in the perfection of these comparatively recent institutions. Graduate students, commuters, and Faculty members constitute the largest groups drastically affected, and yet even here it should be possible for the bibliophiles to adjust themselves to the established library hours...
...enrolled today and tomorrow, are particularly fortunate. They will have during the next two years an unexcelled opportunity to study intimately and critically the workings of American business, in that atmosphere of intellectual freedom which is the finest tradition of the university. Certainly fundamental theory should bulk at least as large as practice in the Business School. Otherwise it could not be justified as a part of a liberal university. And the chief aim of the School--to raise business to the rank of a profession--will be realized only when business attains to the surety of purpose...
...Graft in politics. The bulk of this traffic is small change, worth no ambitious man's time...